The Escapist

Categories: Entertainment | Movies | Drama Films
    • Limited release: April 3, 2009
    • Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
    • Written by Daniel Hardy and Rupert Wyatt
    • Cinematographer Philipp Blaubach
    • Editor Joe Walker
    • Production Company: Picture Farm
    • Distributed by: ThinkFilm, Vertigo Films
    • Country: United Kingdom
    • Running time: 95 minutes

  • The Escapist, starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes and Damian Lewis, is a feature film about a prisoner who plans an escape in order to make peace with his ailing daughter. Directed by Rupert Wyatt, the film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

  • About the Director

    Rupert Wyatt is a writer and director who also co-founded the production company Picture Farm. Wyatt's film credits include Ticks, Subterrain and Get the Picture.

  • Review Quotes

    "The British film The Escapist, which made its North American debut at Sundance this year, not only works as a brilliant, twisting existential expansion of the traditional prison break film; it also works as a crackerjack example of the traditional prison break film."—CinematicalCinematical: Sundance Review: The Escapist (February 2, 2008)

    • "Without straying too far from formula or stock characters, The Escapist shapes a standard prison-break drama into a metaphysical study of freedom and reparation."—NY TimesNY Times: Surviving Inside a Decaying Museum (April 3, 2009)

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